He has trained with the club during his rehabilitation, though, and Mourinho has made clear he still believes the forward can do a job for him.

Mourinho will be desperate to mount a serious title bid this season and he's spent big money to sign Romelu Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Victor Lindelof so he'll be looking to get off to a positive start tomorrow.

"Yes, we can win it", said Mourinho during his pre-match conference on Friday.

Mourinho knows they were over-reliant on the injured ex-Sweden striker's goals and wants more support for this season's main man Romelu Lukaku. Not only this, but the Hammers conceded 33 goals on the road previous year and facing Moruinho's new-look team may have come slightly too early in the season. The intensity of set plays and the pressure put on central defenders is very, very hard.

United are only without long-term absentees Luke Shaw, Ashley Young and Marcos Rojo for Sunday's season opener against the Hammers, who have conducted some impressive transfer business.

"We have the confidence levels of a team who won a European competition".

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